Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-05
LOCAL NE w s.
Brief Mention,

Venetian correspondence notes at Dor mans.
 Rents collected promptly at H. F. Hoadley's.
 Prof. Brastow of Yale breaches in Plants vile tomorrow.
 Patrick Mccullough, of Stratford, died Wednesday, aged sixty-seven.
 Samuel Wilkinson, a much esteemed gro- cer of Bridgeport, died yesterday.
 The city of Bridgeport has offered a reward for the arrest of Murderer Brown.
 Rev. MT. Wyatt will preach at the City mission rooms tomorrow afternoon.
 E. R. Boswell, of Stratford, is the patentee of railroad signal now on trial at the New town depot
 Hotchkiss, the Hartford man who mur dered his wife, has been sentenced to State prison for life.
 Two members of the First M. E. churcl have subscribed $4 300 toward clearing of the debt of the church.
 Another fine choral service will be render ed at the Church of the Ascension tomorrow evening by the rested choir.
 Rev. Charles H. Caton, of Kentucky, will speak again tomorrow night in English Hall His subject is ''They Say"
 The young ladies' mission circle entertain ment at the First church, Fair Haven, Thurs day night was highly successful.
 Mrs. Maria M. Brown, of West Winsted has donated $1, 900 toward the erection of g soldiers monument in Winsted.
 Mrs. Hannah Howes of Bridgeport, aged eighty-one, had her hip bone fractured Thursday evening by fall on the ice.
 Mayor W. A. Lincoln of this city, has been appointed an assistant inspector of the G. A. R. by Department Commander Tain tor.
 MT. Manrcss, basso of Calvary church choir, takes charge of the music at the Woes ter Place Baptist church for the coming year.
 Everybody is invited to attend the meeting of the Elm City Juvenile Temple tomorrow at English Hall, the best temperance meeting in the city.
 The barn of Miss Nancy Andrews, in Far mington, together with hay, twelve COWS. two horses and wagon, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
 The Quinnipiac Juvenile Temple, Fair Ha- ven, gave very interesting entertainment last evening, followed by basket festival, the proceeds of which go towards defraying expenses.
 The county commissioners yesterday grant, ed liquor license to Torrance Brennan to sell corner of Greene and East streets and one to Charles w. Lockery to sell on Daven- port avenue.
 The Double Beach House, at Branford. has hoa fo ball, of Springfield, Mass, for about $1O, ,000. Mir Clark is an insurance man and MT. Kim ball clerk of the Massasoit.
 Miss Angeline Brooks is giving most valuable course of kindergarten lectures at Grove hall on consecutive Thursday. They are particularly suggestive to all who are in terested in the best and most fundamental education.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Buck, of Wethersield, died Thursday evening at the great age of 1O3 years. Her husband was highly esteemed merchant. She had an equable temper, lived temperately and took much open air exer- else. Dudley Buck is one of her nephews. The prizes of the tenth annual cat show to take place at Bunnell's Grand Opera House next week, valued at $500, were purchased from the Meriden clock works, the Silver Plate Cutlery company of Birmingham and from several large firms in this city and New York.
 Quantities of smoked herring and mackerel were floating about the Sound yesterday. They came from the schooner Ida A. Thur low. which was run into and nearly over turned by the City of Bridgeport Wednesday Nl-. sel was lowed into Bridgeport.
 An eleven year old daughter of Thomas Holmes of Union City, Naugatuck, was ter ribly burned Thursday. Her clothes caught while she was playing with fire. A lady, Mrs. Nicholson, who was sick in bed in the house, rose and tried to throw a blanket over the screaming child, who ran out doors, her clothes blazing. Her father finally arrived and tore the clothes from her body. She will probably die.